 Yet still despond not, but proceedAlong the path where Fate may lead.Lines 95–96 (translated by John Conington).Variant translations of Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito:Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly.Do not yield to misfortunes, but meet them on the contrary with fortitude.Do not yield to misfortunes, but, on the contrary, resist them with increasing firmness.

 Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's tribulation: not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive from what ills you are free yourself is pleasant.Book II, line 1.